害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无

Traditional form:

害人之心不可有，防人之心不可無

Pinyin (reading):

hàirénzhīxīnbùkěyǒu,fángrénzhīxīnbùkěwú

Definitions:

• refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)

Characters:

• 害 - to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
• 人 - man, person; people
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 防 - to protect, to defend, to guard against
• 人 - man, person; people
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less

Traditional characters:

• 害 - to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
• 人 - man, person; people
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 防 - to protect, to defend, to guard against
• 人 - man, person; people
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less